1891年1000美元银券马西山 PCGS Currency Very Fine 25
Friedberg 346e (W-4581). 1891 $1000 Silver Certificate. PCGS Currency Very Fine 25.
A true American treasure and one of the most exotic notes in all of United States currency, this famed Series of 1891 $1000 Silver Certificate is known by currency aficionados as the "Marcy Note" due to the portrait of William L. Marcy which appears at right. The presently offered piece is the only example of the design type in private hands and is one of just two known to exist.pThe note bears serial number E1433 and is from plate A. This piece once set the world record for the highest price ever paid for an example of paper money when it was sold by private treaty in 2013 for $2.6 million. The other surviving example bears serial number E1 from plate A and is forever held in the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.pThough Marcy is portrayed on both series, the 1891 $1000 Silver Certificates feature a completely redesigned face and back from the earlier 1880 $1000 Silver Certificates of Deposit. At left, a woman leans on a shield bearing the denomination. An ornate decorative design element at center features United States and the denomination spelled out. The portrait of Marcy is in an ornate end panel at right with the denomination above and a panel for the serial number below. This type displays a small red scalloped Treasury Seal right of center. The serial numbers are in red at upper left and lower right. Engraved signatures of Treasury officials Tillman and Morgan are found along the bottom edge of the design. The green printed back is ornately laid out and features 1000 prominently at center. Just 8,000 examples were issued.pEven circulation is exhibited on this evenly margined note. The engraved design elements are darkly inked and in vivid detail. The back has brilliant green inks displaying the exquisite back design. The paper surfaces are clean and free of any distractions; the folds present are what would be expected for a note in the assigned grade range. pThis is the first time this note has ever been offered at auction. In the past it has only changed hands through private treaty sales. We trace its pedigree back to Robert Friedberg and Jim Thompson. In March 1985 Dean Oakes and Dennis Forgue brokered a sale of the note to a private Midwest collector. In 1998 Doctors Edward and Joanne Dauer purchased the note directly from the Midwest collector for their collection. Stacks Bowers Galleries facilitated the sale of the note from the Dauers to Joel Anderson. pThis note is one of the centerpieces of the Joel R. Anderson Collection, a rarity for which no other example is available to the collecting public. No elite level United States type collection can be considered complete without this note. This offering may represent the only opportunity for collectors to secure this design type in their lifetimes, and those aspiring to have the most complete collection possible should seize this opportunity as it will likely not arise again.ppstrongWilliam Marcy/strongWilliam Learned Marcy (1786-1857) was a lawyer by trade but is best known for his political career which saw him serve as a U.S. senator from New York, governor of New York, U.S. secretary of War and U.S. secretary of State. As secretary of War after the war with Mexico he was in California when the Gold Rush began. In late 1848 he sent a sample of gold to President James Knox Polk. It was assayed at the Mint. This confirmed the discovery, was widely publicized, and energized the Gold Rush. As secretary of State under President Franklin Pierce, Marcy negotiated the Gadsden Purchase, securing southern portions of present day Arizona and New Mexico.pppFrom Robert Friedberg; Jim Thompson; Private Midwest Collector; Doctors Edward and Joanne Dauer.
